Pro-Ukraine activists targeted by Russian hackers

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), is reporting that Russian-backed threat groups are continuing focusing their attacks on Ukrainian organizations and activists supporting Ukraine. Russian hacking group, Turla, have been detected distributing Android malware, CyberAzov app. Turla has been publicly linked to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Continued cyber activity in …

Air-gapped systems used to be among the most secure IT systems – but they may be not anymore…

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An air-gapped system is designed to be very secure. It is not connected to any other system, network or internet – literally a physical gap between it and the rest of the IT world. If it is not connected, then threat actors cannot connect to it. Mordechai Guri, from Ben-Gurion …

More warnings about the possible spread of the Russian Ukraine cyber-conflict and NATO members are targets.

The European Union (EU) has issued a warning about the measurably increase in the volume of Russian cyber-attacks associated with the Russia Ukraine conflict and how these attacks can easily spread to other regions. Nations that actively support Ukraine, with whatever resources, are likely to be “at risk” of this …

Who decides who the good guys are? Don’t worry though NSO only sells it’s spyware to approved governments and law enforcement agencies

Here is another report from the well respected Citizen Lab about the use/misuse, sale/mis-sale of the spyware Pegasus by the Israeli NSO Group. GeckoSpy: Pegasus Spyware Used Against Thailand’s Pro-Democracy Movement – The Citizen Lab The sale of these types of cyber weapons on the open market, is enabling governments …